Eight people were arrested in a prostitution sting at the Days Inn in Rincon last night.

About eight officers from the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and Rincon Police Department took part in the operation, starting at about 4 p.m. and lasting until 2 a.m., said sheriff’s spokesman David Ehsanipoor.

Investigators had received tips from citizens about prostitution in the county, some from relatives of women working as prostitutes, he said.

Undercover officers contacted pimps and prostitutes via the Internet and cell phones, paying from $80 to $400 for a variety of sexual services, Ehsanipoor said.

“In a lot of cases, people pay for it in drugs,” he said. “It’s not a victimless crime.”

William Brown, 27, of Jasper, Fla.; Jasmyne Miller, 19, of Valdosta, Ga., and Lakeith Hudson, 25, of Jacksonville, Fla.; each was charged with pimping and pandering.

Deputies also arrested Michael Pierre, 35, of Garden City, who was charged with pimping, pandering, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Pierre has an extensive criminal history including robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, Ehsanipoor said.

“Investigators from the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and the Rincon Police Department will continue these types of stings if they continue to occur in our community,” said Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie.

The motel owner cooperated fully with investigators, Ehsanipoor said.

It's the second time in the last week that the sheriff's office and Rincon police have teamed up for a major sting operation.

“That’s the result you get when you’ve got two proactive organizations working together,” said Rincon Police Chief Mike Bohannon.

Last week, they arrested a dozen people on drug charges who were operating out of a house in Rincon.

Bohannon said information obtained during the drug arrests helped lead officers to the prostitution operation.

Drugs and prostitution “go hand-in-hand,” he said.

All eight arrested in the prostitution sting are in the Effingham County Jail.

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Why can I pay someone to have sex on camera and sell it for profit as porn, but can't pay them to do the same in my living room, even if I video taped it? I know the answer, but it is not what you think.

Yep! We're getting the "big criminals" now!!! I mean, anymore great police work like this, we'll have them streets cleaned-up in no time!

Porn v/s prostitution? I personally don't see what the he// the big deal is. It the oldest profession in the book. Why do we bother with this petty crap? Just like the "war on drugs" is never going to end, this war is even sillier. Sorry guys. This does nothing but capitalize on what my position is. Our dumba~~ cops will NEVER get the pic. This is useless crime-fighting. It's getting to the point where we MUST DEMAND our law-enforcement to start using better common sense.

Sooner or later, we'll wake-up and understand just how much money we're spending on petty criminals that are only going to get a spanking in the long-run. Is this what we hire cops for? I would think we could channel our resources to fight violent crime. As long as we hire dumba~~ drop-outs, this is what we're going to get. Boat loads of prostitutes (that would love nothing more than to get off the streets for a night) and drug addicts to house at our expense. But, we hire them. We pay them. I say, give them a broom and have them sweep the streets when they're not working. Cut down some on the sanitation costs. Even the dumbest brain-dead cop can do that. If they are busy sweeping, that may keep them from locking-up everyone walking to work that doesn't have a car.

I see nothing wrong with allowing a woman to have sex with someone in exchange for money. I think a house of prostitution, properly run, with regular medical checkups, 100% condom use, and the right to refuse any customer should be allowed.

That being said... I would not want my daughters, or sisters working there.

Thanks Hippy Chick! I ditto those remarks. That trade is older than dirt. First swap ever made. On the scene the day God made man! This is nothing new. Use my tax dollars to fight some other type of crime,,,violent stuff.

To justabouthadit : If you go looking for trouble, trouble will most likely be there. Violence is waiting for you no matter what. So what,,, prostitution is dangerous. I could care less. If that's your idea of a lifestyle, then you know what's waiting for you. I don't see any sense in using my tax dollars to try and protect someone from themselves. I'm not going out of MY way to stop anyone that insist on harming themselves. Unless, it's someone I care about. THE END!!!

This "lock~um all up and throw away the key" attitude has to end somewhere. If people want to smoke crack, buy sex, beat-up prostitutes, rob the dope-man, or be a pimp,,,makes no difference to me. My kid has what I teach her as her level-of-understanding. No high-school drop-out cop is going to protect her from the decisions she makes. Not their job. She'll be responsible for her own actions. That doesn't mean I'll drop my daughter like a hot potato if she makes some wrong decisions. She's my kid, after all.

I don't feel like its society's responsibility to pay for the laws necessary to protect my daughter's life just because she makes a dumba~~ decision. Tax dollars could never begin to pay the bill to assign a cop p/child. Won't work. I can't make it YOUR fault because a law didn't exist that made it illegal for my daughter to make some poor choice. Won't work. You're ever-so-close to jumping on the soccer-mom-wagon with law making. Quit trying to pass more laws designed to govern my personal freedoms.

God gave us 10 rules to live by. That's MAN'S constitution. In various forms, our country established some basic freedoms in the beginning based on a few principals derived from those 10 rules. In the simplistic form, there is no reason to complicate matters. Tell me,,,how many stinking laws must man write to better explain the 10 commandments? GOOD GRIEF!!!

Society has embarked upon a journey to pass "we should do this" laws. Try coming-up with some helpful actions like the "Amber Alert System" or some internet child pornography protection system,,,something meaningful. Quit passing laws that violates my freedom to act like a responsible adult. By God, if I want to pay to get laid, so be it. I'm an adult. I know the risks!!!

Has anyone looked at the Effingham County Booking Desk? One of the working girls has been charged with "reckless conduct by HIV person". Do I think that the people who visit these women are victims? No. I do however shudder to think of wives or girlfriends of the men who use these old as the bible services. The number of potential victims in this case are just too many to count.

stand that most grown men are not smart enough to know the risks before making the jump? What a slap in the face! Basically what your saying is that YOU know more then me and, I'm not capable of making a proper decision on my own without your help. Your position sends an insult to most.

As for the chick spreading AIDS,,,,yes, that's reckless behavior. THAT, she should be charged with ASAP. AS far as the guys/gals that used her as a service, they knew the risks going into the adventure. From bad choices there sometimes comes natural consequences as payback for not following spiritual principals.

I refuse to give you my money to pay for a law to protect me from myself. I don't feel it your responsibility to protect my family from me. God will handle that. AND, most importantly, my FAMILY can handle that issue. It's not your right to do it. I'll fight for those rights with my last breath.

I would never say that you or any other person (male or female) isn't smart enough to know the risk of using this "service". I'm sorry if you read it that way. It wasn't my intended meaning. What I am saying is that it is their choice to use or not use the service. I just don't feel like the spouses or significant others would be Okay with that choice. It bothers me to know that HIV could be transmitted to men or women whose partners made that choice without their knowledge.

I have been coming on this site for some time to read up on local news and events and have had the displeasure of reading your numerous idiotic rants about local LEO's. Maybe you should head on over to the Rincon PD or Effingham Sheriff's Office and tell these "dumb@#$ dropout cops" your suggestions. You apparently think you have a better way of enforcing the laws of the state and I am sure all the officers would love to hear more of your suggestions. When you go up there why don't you bring that broom you say LEO's need to be using during their off time. I do however suggest you bring one with a very short narrow handle because I am pretty sure you will be riding it out the door with the broom firmly shoved where it so badly needs to be placed. On second thought you can bring a large broom as I am sure there is plenty of room in there from having your head up it. Unfortunately I am confident you will remain here wrapped in anonymity running that man-pleaser. I know by writing this that it merely feeds your idiocy and will fuel your desire to troll on and on but something needed to be said.

comprehension skills. I supposed you missed class those days. You obviously didn't have the pre-req. course included in your 9 week cop diploma course! Troll DOES have an excellent point, however. Perhaps with enough irritation something will be done to curve the senseless use of tax dollars in our court rooms and our local jails as it relates to the prosecutions of non-violent crimes. BTW, that's all I'll give a brain-dead cop!!! ;) The smart cops out there sporting a decision to use their brain rather than a pair of cuffs for EVERY CALL THEY RIDE, I'll go to bat for ANY day of the week!

Tell you what Troll, come pick me up and drive me over to the Eff. Co. Sheriff's office and I'll go with you. I won't burn my gas to do it. You and I will have a one-on-one discussion before we get there, uncloaked by anonymity. Agree? Usually, the guilty dog barks the loudest!!!

You know Hutch I truly do believe that everyone is entitled to an opinion and that it is both a God given and a constitutional right. I also know that opinions are like @#$holes everyone has one whether I agree with it our not. The issue that I take with you sir are your constant insults of officers that you clearly do not know. You do not know the situations behind these investigations and clearly have no grasp on the reality that the vast majority of both property and violent crimes are a result of drug addiction. If you want to sit back and monday morning quarterback something you have no clue about then so be it but to constantly insult the men and women that make our community safe for very little pay or thanks I do take offense with you over.

Once again, I'll make myself as clear as I can for you. The hiring minimum is a GED and no prior felonies. The hiring minimum for a Public Defender is a Bachelors Degree, Law Degree and a successful attempt at the GA State Bar Exam. We're using the WRONG people when attempting to bring charges against our public. Charges that have devastating consequences for life. Some charges are a given. I know this. If you had bothered to read my posts, you'll find that I only point-out the issues that are directly related to cops not using common-sense. I attribute that to the hiring standards of law enforcement.

Of course, what sensible human being would take a job policing thugs for the horrible pay thy receive? I understand this dilemma. In order to attract better qualified candidates, the salary must be increased. You have to admit, the current street-cop image isn't the best in the world. So, why would I want to support a better environment based on the constant results of the men-in-blue?

IF I offend your profession, then so be it. I'm VERY AWARE of my constant attack on the LEOs. I'm also very aware I don't know many of the individual officers. BUT, I am aware of my method attributed to my madness and the necessary enemies I'll make in the process. I can't help you Troll. Sorry!

All I can say is,,,if you don't apply to my remarks, then leave yourself out of the pic. I have NO problem with cops that use their head instead of their badge to protect and to serve. Remember, you work for the people. Some of us (and I may add, you have NO IDEA who you're talking to) may stop at nothing to produce results to problematic issues (which BTW, isn't dumba~~ cops,,,you're tunnel-visioned into thinking that. Your sight is limited).

Can't help you Troll. If your sight is that limited, then there's the reason you're a cop.

Don't blame people for committing crimes. I am a college graduate and cannot find any livable wage jobs. The politicans in Washington D.C. sold us out to free trade. This do not give many Americans the option not to commit crimes to survive. Crime will be more and more common as the economy gets worst and the common man cannot make a honest living. Prostitution rings will be more common as we move into 2013 and beyond. The politicans in Washington D.C. are responsible for allot of human trafficking, prostitution, and prostitution rings by not protecting American jobs. What should those people done? Do not commit the crime and get kick out of their living quaters for not paying rent? The government will not pay their rent and waste it on foreign aid and wars. Police is just to oppress the poor man while let the rich enjoy their high class prostitutes like models and sugar children.

Don't blame people for committing crimes. I am a college graduate and cannot find any livable wage jobs. The politicans in Washington D.C. sold us out to free trade. This do not give many Americans the option not to commit crimes to survive. Crime will be more and more common as the economy gets worst and the common man cannot make a honest living. Prostitution rings will be more common as we move into 2013 and beyond. The politicans in Washington D.C. are responsible for allot of human trafficking, prostitution, and prostitution rings by not protecting American jobs. What should those people done? Do not commit the crime and get kick out of their living quaters for not paying rent? The government will not pay their rent and waste it on foreign aid and wars. Police is just to oppress the poor man while let the rich enjoy their high class prostitutes like models and sugar children.

You are right Hutch I have no idea with whom I am conducting this pointless semi debate nor do I honestly care. I have read every post of yours that I could find since you have accused me of not doing so and have found very few opinions or points that you and I can agree upon. You simply have no basis for your attacks on local law enforcement and find amusement in looking down your pseudo-intellectual nose at people who disagree with you. You state that you do not know "many" of the individual officers. I seriously doubt you know ANY of them or you would not be calling them [filtered word] drop outs. It does however make one such as myself pine for the days of old when if a man wanted to insult another he had to face the possibility of a duel at dawn. Matched pistols at RB Baker pond at 7 am? Bring a second ..... /slap with my glove...

The officers decide the charges that the offenders are booked on but the DA with the fancy degree, in the case of a felony, then decide if the proper charges were brought and can add or drop what they see fit.

So, in what way did the officers lack common sense? They are ENFORCERS of the laws. Not amenders or interpreters. They did not overstep their boundaries in any fashion. What would you consider a proper use of their "common sense"? From your post you say that you would prefer they use their brains and not arrest so many offenders, so what laws should they enforce? Are you saying they should use their brains and not the law? If so, do not be cryptic! If you have a larger agenda, sing it from the mountain! I challenge you to have the courage of your convictions and stop beating around the bush! I am not trying to anger you, just aim your aggression.

Just to keep this in context, this is only referring to the acts that these people have done. As far as any hiring addendums, I think this is the wrong forum to discuss that sort of change.

Prostitution is bad but it is impossible for police to win the war on prostitution with the resources they have now. There are countless ads for escorts and models over the internet. Johns and Escorts use client verification and erotic reviews to beat law enforcement. It’s time to license prostitutes, escorts, models, and their agencies so police can focus their resources on unlicensed prostitution rings and pimps. Licensing prostitution will NOT stop human trafficking but will help police to aim their prostitution stings to focus on unlicensed activities. All advertisement should be required to post the license number so clients can check the license over the internet. Clients and citizens will be able to call the police when they see unlicensed activities. The amount of stings today is not enough to recover many victims of human trafficking. Many times victims are hidden in high class escort and modeling agencies which police overlook when they focus on low class escorts and street prostitutes. High class prostitution services brings in big money so many victims ended up there.

Most of my posts were responses but the first two were me trolling for the big troll. So does trolling for a troll make me a troll? Perhaps it does and thus defeating the original reason that caused me to post...... damn you flag and your logic lol. So I better go ahead and answer Yulbsorry or I will be accused of further trolling .... Yulbsorry .... absolutely not my role model.

It's time real Christian men who love Jesus pay those women not to be Prostitutes. Law enforcement is ineffective because girls who need money will go back. When the economy do not have liveable wage jobs and their criminal record prevent them from getting real jobs, it takes real men who love Jesus to pay these women not to be Prostitutes. Many real men for Jesus do not have girlfriend and are not married. These hookers and escorts can help them to meet their relationship needs. Jesus is the answer not prostitution stings. Not just pray for them but to financially help them because of Jesus.

It's time real Christian men who love Jesus pay those women not to be Prostitutes. Law enforcement is ineffective because girls who need money will go back. When the economy do not have liveable wage jobs and their criminal record prevent them from getting real jobs, it takes real men who love Jesus to pay these women not to be prostitutes to stop the cycle of prostitution. Many real men for Jesus do not have girlfriend and are not married. These hookers and escorts can help them to meet their relationship needs. Jesus is the answer not prostitution stings. Not just pray for them but to financially help them because of Jesus.